Top Grossing Movies in 1980
| Rank | Title | Language | Genre(s) | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |  EN | Action Adventure Sci-Fi | $292,753,960 | $550,016,086 |
| 2 | The Blues Brothers | EN | Action Music Comedy | $57,229,890 | $115,229,890 |
| 3 | 9 to 5 | EN | Comedy | $103,290,500 | $103,303,473 |
| 4 | Stir Crazy | EN | Comedy Crime | $101,300,000 | $101,300,000 |
| 5 | Airplane! | EN | Comedy | $83,453,539 | $83,455,874 |
| 6 | Any Which Way You Can | EN | Action Comedy | $70,687,344 | $70,687,344 |
| 7 | Private Benjamin | Comedy War | $69,847,348 | $69,847,348 | |
| 8 | Coal Miner's Daughter | EN | Biography Drama Music | $67,182,787 | $67,182,787 |
| 9 | Smokey and the Bandit II | EN | Action Comedy | $66,132,626 | $66,132,626 |
| 10 | The Blue Lagoon | EN | Adventure Drama Romance | $58,853,106 | $58,853,243 |
| 11 | Ordinary People |  KR | Drama | $54,766,923 | $54,766,923 |
| 12 | Popeye | EN | Comedy Romance Family | $49,823,037 | $49,823,329 |
| 13 | The Shining | EN | Thriller Horror | $45,634,352 | $47,964,195 |
| 14 | Urban Cowboy | EN | Drama Romance Western | $46,918,287 | $46,918,287 |
| 15 | Seems Like Old Times | EN | Comedy Romance | $43,995,918 | $43,995,918 |
| 16 | Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie | EN | Action Comedy Adventure | $41,675,194 | $41,675,194 |
| 17 | Caddyshack | EN | Sport Comedy | $39,918,650 | $39,918,650 |
| 18 | Friday the 13th | EN | Horror | $39,754,601 | $39,917,915 |
| 19 | Brubaker | EN | Drama Crime | $37,121,708 | $37,121,708 |
| 20 | Little Darlings | EN | Drama Comedy | $34,326,249 | $34,326,249 |
| 21 | Dressed to Kill | EN | Mystery Thriller | $31,899,000 | $31,900,256 |
| 22 | Flash Gordon | EN | Action Adventure Sci-Fi | $27,107,960 | $27,186,606 |
| 23 | The Jazz Singer | EN | Drama Romance Music | $27,118,000 | $27,118,000 |
| 24 | The Elephant Man | EN | Biography Drama | $26,010,864 | $26,034,325 |
| 25 | Bronco Billy | EN | Action Adventure Drama | $24,265,659 | $24,265,659 |
| 26 | Raging Bull | EN | Biography Drama Sport | $23,383,987 | $23,405,883 |
| 27 | Xanadu | EN | Fantasy Romance | $22,762,571 | $22,767,489 |
| 28 | American Gigolo | EN | Drama Mystery Thriller | $22,743,674 | $22,745,134 |
| 29 | My Bodyguard | EN | Drama Comedy Family | $22,482,952 | $22,482,952 |
| 30 | The Fog |  IN | Thriller Horror | $21,448,782 | $21,448,830 |
| 31 | Fame | EN | Drama Music Musical | $21,202,829 | $21,203,707 |
| 32 | Tess | Drama Romance | $20,093,330 | $20,101,247 | |
| 33 | Altered States | EN | Sci-Fi Thriller Horror | $19,853,892 | $19,853,898 |
| 34 | Cruising | EN | Drama Mystery Thriller | $19,798,718 | $19,815,314 |
| 35 | The Octagon | EN | Action Drama Thriller | $18,971,000 | $18,971,000 |
| 36 | Herbie Goes Bananas | EN | Adventure Fantasy Comedy | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 |
| 37 | Honeysuckle Rose | EN | Romance Music Drama | $17,815,212 | $17,815,212 |
| 38 | Rough Cut | EN | Adventure Mystery Comedy | $16,656,125 | $16,656,125 |
| 39 | The Final Countdown | EN | Action Sci-Fi | $16,647,800 | $16,647,800 |
| 40 | The Hunter |  KN | Action Biography Drama | $16,274,150 | $16,274,150 |
| 41 | Hero at Large | EN | Comedy Drama Action | $15,934,737 | $15,934,737 |
| 42 | The Long Riders | EN | Western | $15,795,189 | $15,795,189 |
| 43 | First Family | EN | Comedy | $15,198,912 | $15,198,912 |
| 44 | Prom Night | EN | Thriller Horror | $14,796,236 | $14,796,236 |
| 45 | The Nude Bomb | EN | Crime Comedy Action | $14,662,035 | $14,662,035 |
| 46 | Oh, God! Book II | EN | Fantasy Comedy | $14,504,277 | $14,504,277 |
| 47 | Wholly Moses | EN | Comedy | $14,155,617 | $14,155,617 |
| 48 | The Last Married Couple in America | EN | Comedy | $12,835,544 | $12,835,544 |
| 49 | Used Cars | EN | Comedy | $11,715,321 | $11,715,321 |
| 50 | The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark | EN | Adventure Family | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 |
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